A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, will be held on the morning of Feb. 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The date is significant, reflecting the basketball jersey numbers worn by Kobe (No. 24) and Gianna (No. 2).
Meanwhile, Gianna Bryant’s jersey was retired by Harbor Day School in Corona Del Mar, California, on Thursday, according to ABC News.
The date for the memorial was finalized with planning and coordination from the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA Clippers, who have a game at the Staples Center that evening.
Bryant, 41, was heading to a basketball game with his daughter on Jan. 26, when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in Southern California, shortly before 10 a.m. local time.
911 calls released earlier this week made in the aftermath of the helicopter crash, underscore the poor weather conditions that the aircraft was flying in. The weather conditions are one factor being examined as a potential cause of the crash by the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) probe into the incident.
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The NTSB is expected to release a preliminary report of its investigation as early as this week.
Bryant and Gianna are survived by his wife Vanessa, and daughters Natalia, Bianka and Capri.
Los Angeles and the basketball world have been in mourning since the deaths.
Vanessa Bryant, in her first social media post since her late husband’s death wrote, “there aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now.”
“Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them,” she also wrote in the Instagram post. “We are completely devastated by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe – the amazing father of our children and my beautiful, sweet Gianna – a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daughter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capri. We are also devastated for the families who lost their loved ones on Sunday, and we share in their grief intimately.”
News of Bryant’s death rocked the country, as former Laker teammates, NBA Hall of Famers, politicians and countless others shared why “Mamba” was so special to them.